Mophie Juice Pack Review

Everyone’s primary complaint about the iPhone is the length of the battery life. It’s way too short. I’ve become conditioned to charging my iPhone as much as possible in order to not run out of “juice” when I’m away from home. To help quell this problem arrives the iPhone Juice Pack from Mophie. Mophie is most known for it’s variety of iPhone and iPod cases, but should now be known for it’s excellent iPhone battery extender. Not only does it serve its purpose as an external battery source for your iPhone, but it also is a wireless charger. I’ll explain further.

How Does it Work?
Quite simply, the Mophie Juice Pack is an external lithium polymer battery that fits snugly with your iPhone as it recharges. The best aspect of the Juice Pack is that you can use it anywhere to charge your iPhone. No wires. All you have to do is have the Juice Pack charged up before you go out. There are four lights on the back of the pack that signify how much juice is left. For a dead iPhone, it will take the whole Juice Pack for a full recharge. That’s fine. You can also use the phone when the Juice Pack is attached. I think it actually charges faster than the wall charger. It’s a great device to keep in your car or your bag for when you are on the go. Here’s what the site boasts:

Standby Time – Up to 250 hours

Audio Playback – Up to 24 hours

Talk Time – Up to 8 hours

Video Playback – Up to 7 hours

Internet Use – Up to 6 hours

How Does It Feel?
A little heavy actually. Ergonomically speaking, it feels very smooth and flush with the iPhone attached, but it feels a little clunky hanging out in your pocket for hours on end. I like letting mine do it’s charge thing and then removing it. Though when in dire need, using the phone when attached while it charges is not uncomfortable at all.

Is it worthy buying?
At $99, it might have to be more than an impulse buy, but in my opinion it’s totally worth it due to the fact that it’s gonna cost around $86 to get the battery replaced in the iPhone, which is weak. Furthermore, replacing (or even charging) the battery will take the iPhone away from you, where as the Juice Pack lets you spend more time with your phone. The Mophia Juice Pack looks nice, feels great, and performs it’s primary function flawlessly. Go buy it.

I ordered my Mophie for a 3G Iphone…
first off, there was a month difference from my order date to the time Mophie even had any juice packs for the 3G let alone began shipping them…. (and I paid interest while waiting on the order)
then I received and email from Mophie saying that an employee had messed up a bunch of orders and some of my personal information was mixed up…
I immediately sent an email to them asking EXACTLY what was compromised.. I have yet to receive a reply and it’s been almost 2 months..
when I received the juice pack there was minimal info about it, no explanation about the lights and what they meant (I say this because after charging they seem to blink with no order or purpose)….
after a week it appears that the actual battery inside the housing is loose and rattles around and my battery time is now very short…
I sent an email to them yet again and like my other request, it has gone unanswered..
I am contacting VISA and lodging a complaint against Mophie…
if I had this to do over, I would have NOTHING to do with Mophie because of their piss poor customer service…
I hope VISA pulls their account because of this…